One is a simple window that dispays the current altitude. In the new screen, I do all of that PLUS I added speed, direction, and a graphical representation of altitude including color coding the graph based on altitude. In the old console I just had a LCD screen reading out lat, longitude, altitude and the satellites in view. The first arduino sketch Ill start with is the one for the GPS screen. But, if you narrow up the trigger area too much, you end up needing to use a toothpick to make stuff s all about compromise. You will end up with two buttons pressed instead of one, not good. For instance if you have big fingertips, sorta like I do, making the buttons on the screen really close together to maximize the space, wont work. They are a little tricky in that you need to make them trigger when you touch them, but how you touch them makes a big difference. I wanted to reduce the switches on the console, and what better way to incorporate that than using touchscreens. I started out simple wanting to chenge out the old LCD screens for new TFT LCD touchscreens.

Its taken a bit to develop mostly because I never succumb to the old addage that ' good is fine, better is worse'. Im getting the pictures arranged but Id like to start with the firmware. As usual Im under a bit of a time constraint, because Id like to have this project done and installed before the Labor Day weekend, when I plan to leave town for a few days! So the new Center Console project version 2 is going nicely.

Echolink ham radio neefs rewrite